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November 1, 2020: Newsletter
The Infant and Child Studies Centre sent out a newsletter summarizing their labs' recent findings. https://pub.lucidpress.com/82d7d4d0-05...


October 28, 2020: "The Plausible Impossible: Graded Notions of Impossibility Across Cultures."
In our lab meeting this week, we discussed Gong & Shtulman's (2020) paper, "The Plausible Impossible: Graded Notions of Impossibility...


Burdett, E. R. R., Ronfard, S. (2020).
A cognitive developmental approach is essential to understanding cumulative technological culture. The Behavioral and brain sciences....


September 30, 2020: Graduate School
Today we talked about graduate schools. We discussed topics like "How do I know if graduate school is right for me?" and "What questions...


September 23, 2020: "The Explanatory Structure of Unexplainable Events: Causal Constraints on..."
In our lab meeting this week, we discussed Shtulman and Morgan's (2017) paper, "The Explanatory Structure of Unexplainable Events: Causal...


September 18, 2020: Samantha wins the V-Oscar Award!
Our lab coordinator, Samantha Cottrell, was recently awarded the V-Oscar Award (Helping Hands Mississauga). This award recognizes a...


Wagner, N.J., *Waller, R., Flom, M., Ronfard, S., Fenstermacher, S., & Saudino, K.J. (2020).
Less imitation of arbitrary actions is a specific developmental precursor to callous-unemotional traits in early childhood. Journal of...


September 16, 2020: "Children's Beliefs about Possibility Differ Across Dreams, Stories, and..."
In our lab meeting this week, we discussed Goulding and Friedman's (2020) paper, "Children's Beliefs about Possibility Differ Across...


Butler, L. P., Ronfard, S., & Corriveau, K. H. (Eds.). (2020).
The Questioning Child: Insights from Psychology and Education. New York: Cambridge University Press.


September 9, 2020: New Experimenters
We're excited to announce our amazing research assistants, Saakshi, Nabila and Dhanesha have been hired as primary experimenters.


September 6, 2020: Welcoming 8 New Lab Members!
We're very excited to announce that eight new amazing UTM undergraduate students have joined our team!


September 4, 2020: Began Piloting for a New Study!
Today we began testing for our first online study! This study is conducted over Zoom and involves showing children pictures and asking...


Brown, S., Ronfard, S., & Kelemen, D. (2020).
Teaching natural selection in early elementary classrooms: Can a storybook intervention reduce teleological misunderstandings? Evolution:...


August 26, 2020: "Improbable or Impossible? How Children Reason..."
In our lab meeting this week, we discussed Shtulman and Carey's (2007) paper, "Improbable or Impossible? How Children Reason About the...


August 20, 2020: New Recruitment Coordinators!
We're excited to announce that we have hired two Recruitment Coordinators, Fatima Tasabehji and Faris Khan! They will be leading all...
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